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Optic Gaming Takes the Crown at Call of Duty World League Dallas Open Presented by Playstation®4 March 20, 2017 OpTic Gaming Takes the Crown at Call of Duty World League Dallas Open Presented by PlayStation®4 The Top Eight Teams Took Home Their Share of the $200,000 Prize Pool After a Hard-Fought Three-Day Competition SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The CWL Dallas Open, hosted by Major League Gaming Corp., has concluded after a nail-biting competition with OpTic Gaming claiming the top place finish. Teams eUnited, FaZe Clan and Splyce rounded out the top four spots at the end of the three-day tournament at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX. OpTic Gaming claimed the largest piece of the prize pool, while securing their spot in the inaugural Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4, Global Pro League, beginning April 20. Here are the final rankings for the CWL Dallas Open: st 1 - OpTic Gaming nd 2 - eUnited rd 3 - FaZe Clan th 4 - Splyce th th 5 /6 - Red Reserve & Team EnVyUs th th 7 /8 - Evil Geniuses & Luminosity Gaming 15 additional teams will join OpTic Gaming as part of the CWL Global Pro League with a total of nine teams representing North America, six from Europe, and one team from Asia-Pacific. These teams will compete for a chance at their share of the $1.4 million CWL Global Pro League prize pool as part of the total $4 million prize pool for the 2017 CWL season. Here are the teams that will participate in the CWL Global Pro League, with team members noted in parentheses: North America: Cloud9 (Assault, Aches, Lacefield, Ricky) eUnited (Silly, Prestinni, Arcitys, Gunless) Enigma6 (General, Prodo, Kade, MRuiz) Evil Geniuses (Studdy, Nameless, Negafen, Havok) FaZe Clan (Clayster, Attach, Zoomaa, Enable) Luminosity Gaming (Saints, Octane, Slacked, Classic) OpTic Gaming (Scump, Formal, Karma, Crimsix) Rise Nation (Faccento, Felony, Aqua, Loony) Team EnVyUs (Jkap, John, Apathy, Slasher) EU: Elevate (Rated, Reedy, Zed, Watson) Epsilon (Dqvee, Vortex, Hawqeh, Joshh) Fnatic (SunnyB, Scrapz, Wuskin, Tommey) Millenium (Nolson, MarkyB, Moose, Peatie) Red Reserve (Seany, Niall, Joee, Urban) Splyce (Zero, Bance, Madcat, Jurd) APAC: Mindfreak (Buzzo, Shockz, Fighta, Excite) Be sure to check out https://www.callofduty.com/esports and follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter , Instagram and Twitch for the latest CWL updates. For the latest intel on the Call of Duty World League Presented by PlayStation®4 and for live broadcasts check out: http://www.callofduty.com/cwl, tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/cwl, www.youtube.com/majorleaguegaming. About Activision Publishing, Inc. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a division of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com or by following @Activision. 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